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 Explore the Laurel and Hardy movie locations that defined the era of classic comedy. Click the preview image above to start your then and now filming locations tour and see where Laurel and Hardy made movie history. 

Step back in time to the Our Gang and Little Rascals filming locations across Los Angeles. Click the image above to begin your tour of these classic 1920s and 30s comedy landmarks.

 Discover The Three Stooges filming locations across the streets of Los Angeles. Click the preview image above to jump to our then and now Stooges tour and explore the rare 1930s and 40s neighborhood time capsules they left behind. 

 Explore TV series filming locations from the most iconic shows in television history. Click the preview image above to see then and now tours of landmarks featured in The Twilight Zone, I Dream of Jeannie, The Sopranos, and many more! 

 Take a worldwide tour of music video filming locations and see where the most legendary videos in history were made. Click the preview image above to jump to our then and now music video tours featuring iconic sites from London to Los Angeles. 

 From the slapstick of Abbott and Costello to the classic charm of Zasu Pitts, explore a massive library of comedy movie filming locations from around the globe. Click the preview image above to see our then and now comedy film tours covering the legends of the silver screen. 

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 Laurel and Hardy used a real-life opulent Los Angeles mansion in the West Adams District as a filming location in Another Fine Mess. 

Built in 1910, this historic mansion at 3500 West Adams Boulevard is still there and in excellent condition as you'll see in this Quick Preview then and now filming locations video.

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 Widely regarded as one of the best Laurel and Hardy silent comedies, Big Business is a fascinating time capsule because it was filmed entirely on location in Culver City and the Cheviot Hills neighborhood on the West Side of Los Angeles. In this Quick Preview then and now filming locations tour, you'll see the home featured in the beginning of the movie as it was and now that it has been demolished, what is taking its place. 

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 The 1932 Laurel and Hardy short County Hospital was filmed in front of the historic City Hall building in Culver City, California. While the original structure was sadly demolished in the late 1990s, a detailed replica of the entrance stands in its place today. As you tour this historic filming location in this video, you'll see how we match the original 1930s architecture with the modern-day site in this then and now filming locations comparison.

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 In this 1934 comedy, Going Bye-Bye!, Laurel and Hardy revisit the historic City Hall building in Culver City—the same landmark that served as the iconic "hospital" entrance in County Hospital just two years prior. This then and now filming locations tour is a perfect example of how classic Hollywood productions reused famous sites for different movies.

The City Hall building made a prominent appearance five years earlier in the Our Gang / The Little Rascals movie Small Talk, which is also covered on this website.

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 While the opening scenes of the Laurel and Hardy comedy Hog Wild were shot at Hal Roach Studios, the rest of this 1930 classic features real-world filming locations. 

Take a then and now tour through Culver City, the West Side of Los Angeles, and the historic campus of the University of Southern California (USC) to see how these legendary sites have transformed over the last century. 

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 The 1929 classic comedy movie Liberty features Laurel and Hardy in a production filmed entirely on location. This then and now filming locations tour begins on the historic streets of Downtown Culver City and reaches a dizzying climax atop a skyscraper in Downtown Los Angeles. You'll see the incredible transformation of the Los Angeles skyline over the last century in this Quick Preview video. 

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 For many fans, the "Music Box Steps" in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles is the ultimate Laurel and Hardy landmark. This then and now filming locations tour explores the site of The Music Box, Laurel and Hardy's Academy Award-winning short.

This legendary filming location has been officially recognized by the City of Los Angeles with a commemorative plaque. Remarkably, every historic house seen in the 1932 film is still standing today! 

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 An early Laurel and Hardy silent movie, The Second 100 Years offers a rare glimpse of the Los Angeles area in 1927. 

This then and now filming locations tour begins with a surprising reveal: The "prison" featured in the film is actually the Los Angeles County Morgue! The journey concludes on historic Main Street in Culver City, where you’ll see that every building captured on film in 1927 is still standing today. 

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 Filmed in the heart of Downtown Culver City, the 1928 Laurel and Hardy comedy We Faw Down provides a great look at Van Buren Place. 

This then and now filming locations tour shows that while the original buildings remain, the street has been transformed into a modern pedestrian mall. The historic Culver Hotel also takes center stage in this fascinating then and now comparison video.

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Continuing our Dog Heaven Our Gang / The Little Rascals filming locations tour where Part 1 left off, this Quick Preview then and now video focuses on the legendary Tabor House at 3563 Motor Avenue. As one of the first residences built in the Palms neighborhood, this home dates back to the very early 1900s and served as a prominent backdrop in this movie.

In this preview, you’ll see that the original wood steps and porch remained intact as late as 2017—standing for over 100 years! We also provide a look at the modern development currently replacing this historic filming location site, capturing the final moments of a classic Hollywood landmark.

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For the final installment of this Our Gang / The Little Rascals tour of filming locations used in Dog Heaven, we head to the area around Downtown Los Angeles to explore two iconic parks. This Quick Preview filming locations video features the historic Hollenbeck Park—notably the same Boyle Heights filming location used by Laurel and Hardy for Men O'War three years later—and MacArthur Park (historically known as Westlake Park).

As a visual time capsule, Dog Heaven captured these Los Angeles parks at the height of their early 20th-century beauty. In this then and now filming locations video, you will see how these famous landscapes have transformed over the decades and why their original "golden era" appearances are now a thing of the past.

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An early Our Gang / The Little Rascals movie, Dogs of War provides priceless historical documentation of a Culver City residential neighborhood during its initial construction. This Quick Preview then and now filming locations video spotlights the 8800 block of Carson Street, where you can see a few completed homes alongside mostly vacant lots.

The video contrasts this rare 1923 view with the same location today, showing a fully developed street lined with mature trees. Notably, this is the exact same filming location used one year later in the Charley Chase comedy All Wet, which we also feature here on the site.

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There's plenty of Lost Los Angeles in this one. 

In 1933, Ballona Creek in Culver City was still a picturesque stream, lined with trees and gentle slopes. The Our Gang / The Little Rascals movie Fish Hooky took advantage of this picturesque location and captured Ballona Creek on film just a few years before the stream was converted into a concrete flood control channel in the late 1930s.

This Our Gang / The Little Rascals filming locations tour also takes us to the historic Venice Beach amusement pier. You'll get a rare look at the vintage roller coaster that once stood at the end of the pier by the breakwater. While the pier is long gone, the original breakwater remains as a permanent landmark of this classic comedy filming site.

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While most of the West Side of Los Angeles is now densely developed, the Our Gang / The Little Rascals short Fly My Kite (1931) serves as a rare visual record of a time when open fields and single-family homes defined the landscape.

In this then and now filming locations Quick Preview video, you’ll tour the Overland Avenue corridor in the Palms neighborhood. Witness the dramatic transformation of this historic area, contrasting the rural vistas of the 1930s with the high-density apartment buildings that occupy the site today.

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The climactic final scene in the 1932 Our Gang / The Little Rascals movie Free Wheeling was filmed at the Overland Avenue hill, a geographic landmark in the Palms neighborhood on the West Side of Los Angeles.

The Overland Avenue hill was used 8 years earlier in the Our Gang / The Little Rascals comedy movie One Wild Ride (also covered with a filming locations then and now video on this site which can be found on the Videos and Photos List page here on the site).

There have been major changes to this area since Stymie's taxi went speeding down the hill and you'll see them all in this Quick Preview filming locations then and now video.

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As the very first "talkie" in the Our Gang / The Little Rascals series, Small Talk (1929) represents a major milestone in cinematic history. While dialogue was confined to soundstages, the film features several external location shots in Culver City that serve as a remarkable late 1920s time capsule.

In this Quick Preview then and now filming locations video, we tour the exterior of the historic Culver City City Hall from both the Culver Blvd side and the rarely photographed Duquesne Avenue entrance. We contrast the original 1929 structure with the detailed replica that stands on the site today. 

To wrap up, our tour visits the 4000 block of Lafayette Place, where the original period homes remain beautifully preserved behind nearly a century of lush foliage.

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Widely considered the best entry in the Our Gang / The Little Rascals series, Teacher's Pet (1930) is a valuable cinematic record of the Los Angeles area during the early sound era. 

This then and now filming location video takes us to the intersection of Venice Blvd and La Cienega Blvd, once a major station stop for the Pacific Electric Railway.

In this scene from Teacher's Pet, we see details like the stairs leading to the elevated station and the impressive Venice Blvd viaduct that defined the local landscape. The viaduct and tracks were removed in the 1950s to expand the road into the former railroad right-of-way—explaining why Venice Blvd remains so wide today.

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The Our Gang / The Little Rascals 1930 movie The First Seven Years was filmed almost entirely on location in the Palms neighborhood on the West Side of Los Angeles. 

Our then and now filming locations tour begins with a rare look at the top of the Overland Avenue hill. In 1930, the original farmhouse, barns, and windmill still occupied this site and were captured in the film's early scenes.

We then travel to the center of the Palms neighborhood to visit the series' most iconic alley filming location, situated off Woodbine Street between Mentone Avenue and Motor Avenue. 

The tour concludes at 3415 Mentone Avenue, showcasing the startling contrast between the 1930s single-family homes and the modern apartment buildings that replaced them. Notably, this exact location was also used in the 1956 Abbott and Costello movie Dance With Me, Henry, which we also cover here on the site.

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The 1933 Our Gang / The Little Rascals movie The Kid From Borneo  features an exciting chase scene where the "Wild Man" pursues Stymie, Spanky and the Gang through the heart of Downtown Culver City. 

This Quick Preview then and now filming locations video offers a fascinating 1930s time capsule, touring the historic core at Main Street and Culver Blvd.

Our journey also explores the iconic alleyway next to the landmark Citizen Building on Culver Blvd and visits a formerly vacant lot next to 8885 Carson Street. You’ll see that while much of the area has been modernized, the original 1923 structure at 8885 Carson is still standing today, providing a rare link to the Our Gang / The Little Rascals filming era.

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The intersection of Motor Avenue and Woodbine Street in the Palms neighborhood served as a primary backdrop for dozens of Our Gang / The Little Rascals shorts. 

This Quick Preview then and now filming locations video focuses on a charming scene filmed on the northwest corner of this intersection from the 1925 movie The Love Bug,  featuring Joe Cobb and Peggy Ahern.

While this corner was a recurring landmark throughout the series, modern development has completely transformed the site. In this then and now video, you'll see how a widened sidewalk and new construction have replaced the trees and the quiet, small-town atmosphere of this historic West Side Los Angeles filming location.

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Our then and now filming locations tour returns to the legendary intersection of Motor Avenue and Woodbine Street for the 1932 Our Gang / The Little Rascals classic The Pooch. In a memorable early scene, Spanky and Stymie are seen sitting on the curb on Woodbine Street directly in front of 3402 Motor Avenue—a recurring building featured in dozens of Our Gang / The Little Rascals shorts.

The Quick Preview filming locations then and now video also features a chase scene where a cop pursues Stymie through the iconic alleyway located on the north side of Woodbine Street (between Motor Avenue and Vinton Avenue). 

While the building at 3402 Motor Avenue has since been demolished and the historic dirt alley is now paved, this filming locations video preserves these vital pieces of Palms neighborhood and West Side Los Angeles history.

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Calling All Curs (1939) features a rare on location appearance by The Three Stooges on the streets of Los Angeles. This then and now filming locations video takes us to the intersection of Fernwood Avenue and North St. Andrews Place in the Hollywood area.

The prominent building featured in the film, located at 5600 Fernwood Avenue, was built in 1929 and remains standing today. While the original 1939 trees have been replaced over the decades, the sidewalk where Moe, Larry, and Curly once stood appears to be the original concrete from nearly 90 years  ago.

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In False Alarms (1936), The Three Stooges are employed as firemen and have a mishap with a Los Angeles Railway streetcar. 

This Quick Preview then and now filming locations tour takes us to the north end of Larchmont Blvd where it meets Melrose Avenue in Hollywood.

Remarkably, this filming location has remained virtually unchanged since 1936, with the primary exception being the removal of the historic streetcar tracks. The prominent building seen across the street is the North Larchmont side of 5637 Melrose Avenue; built in 1922, this classic structure looks exactly as it did when Moe, Larry, and Curly filmed on this corner nearly a century ago.

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While The Three Stooges rarely filmed away from the studio, a favorite on location site for the team was the 100 block of North Larchmont Blvd in the historic Larchmont Village neighborhood of Los Angeles. 

This Quick Preview then and now filming locations video from the 1935 Three Stooges classic Hoi Polloi offers stunning views of this popular neighborhood shopping area.

Most of the buildings captured on film in 1935 remain beautifully preserved today. In this filming locations tour, you’ll see how this historic Hollywood-adjacent block has maintained its inviting charm for over 90 years—remaining remarkably similar to the days Moe, Larry, and Curly walked these streets.

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Directed by the legendary Charley Chase—whose own comedic brilliance is featured extensively on this site—The Three Stooges 1938 comedy movie Mutts To You offers a rare look back in time at the beautiful Windsor Square neighborhood of Los Angeles.

This Quick Preview then and now filming locations video takes us to the 100 block of South Norton Avenue. The primary filming location is the stunning residence at 111 South Norton Avenue. Built in 1915, this historic home remains in pristine condition, looking just as remarkable today as it did when Moe, Larry, and Curly filmed here nearly a century ago.

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The Echo Park neighborhood was never the same after The Three Stooges filmed their 1935 classic Three Little Beers on its famously steep streets! 

This Quick Preview then and now filming locations tour takes us to the heart of this hilly Los Angeles neighborhood to explore the exact site where Moe, Larry, and Curly struggled to corral runaway beer barrels.

The primary action features the 1500 block of Scott Avenue, a residential street that remains remarkably unchanged since it was immortalized on film over 90 years ago. 

In this video, you'll see a stunning then and now comparison of this Echo Park street as it appeared in 1935 and how it looks today. Click on the image at the top of this section to watch this filming locations video now.

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In keeping with the cop show genre's tradition, the hit 1980s TV series Hunter (starring Fred Dryer) utilized extensive on-location filming throughout Los Angeles. The 1986 episode Scrap Metal is a standout for location hunters (pun intended!), featuring numerous Culver City filming locations and additional scenes shot in the heart of Hollywood.

Because of the high volume of real-world landmarks featured in this episode, we have created four then and now filming location preview videos for you to explore.

The first Quick Preview filming locations then and now video explores the northeast section of Culver City along Washington Blvd. This specific area was a rare choice for Hollywood productions, making this 1986 footage a unique historical time capsule. While the original buildings seen in the episode  remain standing today, you will see how the neighborhood has been revitalized and "spruced up" over the decades.

Part 1 of this filming locations tour concludes in the residential neighborhood centered on Jacob Street. Much like the commercial scenes, this street has remained virtually unchanged since Stepfanie Kramer and Fred Dryer filmed here in 1986, offering a perfect then and now comparison for fans and urban explorers.

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For the second of our four Quick Preview filming locations then and now videos for the Hunter TV episode Scrap Metal, we journey to the heart of Hollywood, specifically the iconic intersection of Hollywood Blvd and Highland Avenue.

In this scene, Stepfanie Kramer’s character, McCall, goes undercover to obtain crucial information to help crack the case she and Hunter (Fred Dryer) are working on. The footage features an incredible night view of the Hollywood First National Building. Built in 1928, this Gothic-inspired skyscraper towers over the historic intersection—almost stealing the scene from the actors!

This 1986 time capsule offers a rare look at the neon-lit grit of 80s Hollywood, providing a perfect side-by-side comparison with the tourist hub we see there today.

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Continuing our tour of the real-world filming locations used in the 1986 episode Scrap Metal from the TV series Hunter, we journey to Downtown Culver City and the landmark Culver Hotel.

While many productions have utilized the exterior of this historic site, this 1986 footage is a rare gem: It is the only TV episode or movie known (to me at least!) to have filmed inside the Culver Hotel lobby during that era. At the time of filming, the hotel had been converted into low-cost apartments with daily, weekly, and monthly rates. As you will see in this then and now filming location comparison, the 1980s lobby required very little set dressing to look "seedy."

We wrap up this part of our filming locations tour by showcasing the hotel’s massive mid-2010s renovation, which restored this Culver City landmark to its original 1924 architectural splendor.

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The final part of our Quick Preview filming locations tour video for the 1986 Hunter episode Scrap Metal takes us to the historic heart of Main Street, just steps away from the Culver Hotel.

This part of our tour spotlights a lost piece of Hollywood history: the  Adams Hotel. Once a primary Culver City landmark, the Adams Hotel stood on the north side of Main Street between Culver Blvd and Washington Blvd and served as a backdrop for dozens of movies and TV episodes showcased on this website, including Laurel and Hardy, Our Gang / The Little Rascals, and Charlie’s Angels and CHiPs.

By the time Fred Dryer and Stepfanie Kramer filmed their shootout here in 1986, the area was about to hit rock bottom. Sadly, this local landmark was demolished in the 1990s. In this then and now video comparison, you will see how the massive Culver Steps development has completely replaced the site where classic cinema history was once made.

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In the 1968 season of the classic TV series I Dream of Jeannie, the production traveled to Honolulu, Hawaii to film two iconic episodes. One fan-favorite, Battle of Waikiki, features Jeannie summoning King Kamehameha, the first ruler of the Kingdom of Hawaii. The episode follows his hilarious and bewildered reactions to the bustling landscape of mid-20th-century Honolulu.

In this filming locations then and now preview, we journey to the historic Ilikai Hotel. While it is famous as a recurring backdrop for "homegrown" hits like Hawaii Five-0 and Magnum P.I., it served as a primary setting for the King’s visit in this Jeannie episode.

One of the most memorable scenes features the King discovering a fountain on the hotel grounds, exclaiming in wonder that "the rain is going up!" While the area has seen some architectural and landscaping updates over the decades, this Honolulu filming location remains easily recognizable today.

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This is the second of two Quick Preview Videos here on the website for the classic I Dream of Jeannie episode, Battle of Waikiki. In this segment, we focus on the historic Iolani Palace in Honolulu, Hawaii, a landmark that has served as a backdrop for some of the most popular TV series of the 20th century.

While Iolani Palace is famous for appearing dozens of times as the headquarters in the original Hawaii Five-O TV series during the 1960s, and more recently in the 2009 film Princess Kaiulani, its role in I Dream of Jeannie remains a fan favorite.

On this filming locations then and now tour, you will see how this royal site has been beautifully maintained through the decades. It remains virtually unchanged since 1968, when Jeannie, Major Nelson, and Major Healy visited the grounds.

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